By MARI YAMAGUCHI: AP: If the nuclear reactors in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, plunged into Fukushima-style meltdowns, the only route for escaping or for sending help would be a winding, cliff-hugging road often closed by snow in winter or clogged by summer beachgoers.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) — One of the two reactors slated to be fired up again at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi nuclear power station is expected to be restarted on July 1, utility officials said Monday.
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Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., June 26 (Jiji Press)–Residents in Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to seek scrapping of the two reactors at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.’s <9505> nuclear power station in the Ishikawa town of Shika.
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The U.K. will require London Stock Exchange-listed companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions starting in April 2013, according to the British government. The rule may be extended to all large companies in 2016.“Counting your business costs while hiding your greenhouse gas emissions is a false economy,” said Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
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Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission said Friday it has cautioned Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> about its suspected abuse of its strong bargaining position on price hikes for large-lot users in April.
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FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima — After years of heated confrontations with local residents, the Hiroshima Prefectural Government has finally decided to abandon a controversial land reclamation project here, it has been learned.
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